Christian Louboutin’s First UK Retrospective
The Design Museum presents the first UK retrospective of iconic French shoe designer Christian Louboutin.
At the core of the exhibition will be a unique exploration of Louboutin’s design process, artistic personality and creative approach. Looking beyond design and production, the exhibition will also explore the company’s innovative store design in which Louboutin is closely involved. The instantly recognisable glossy red soles are iconic to the combination of fashion, craftsmanship, engineering and sculpture which make up the Louboutin shoe.
It will examine the many sources of his creativity, shoes inspired by performance, cabaret and the showgirl; fantasy and fairy tale; art and architecture; film; landscape and travel. The exhibition will also focus on the handcrafted shoe, one-off designs which incorporate his highly innovative ideas, forms and materials. There will also be a special section dedicated to the shoes designed for ‘Fetish’ an exhibition at the La Gallerie Du Passage, Paris in 2007, a unique collaboration of photography between Louboutin and acclaimed artist David Lynch.
The retrospective will run from Wednesday 28 March – Sunday 1 July 2012.
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